...ent of his force on the 1st of May, by Stanton, does not cover the whole force with which he commenced the campaign.
Moreover, Secretary Stanton's report shows that there were in the Department of Washington and the Middle Department, 47,751 available men for duty, the chief part of which, he says, was called to the front, after the campaign began, in order to repair the losses of the Army of the Potomac...